Comb-vending machine



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Illl/Illll INVENTOR Samuel fio/a ez'r BY ATTORNEY Nov. 5, 1929.

S. GOLDHEIR COMB VENDING MACHINE I Filed Oct. 11, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v Wm INVENTOR anzuel field/leg) A TTORNEY Patented Nov. 5, 1929 r panying'drawing .CQMB-VENDING'MACHINE" j Application med October 11; 1927; 'Seria1-No; 225,424. I:

invention relatestoa combvending machine-adapted forthe purpose of selling of the said vending-machine. ,3 1 The object of the invention is to provide a comb vending machine of simple construction and arrangement of parts, embodying-certain novel features "hereinafter more fully described, claimed and-illustrated in the accomcombs when a coin 'is insertedin the coin slot Fig. 1 is a perspectiveview of my improvedcomb vending machine 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof; I

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view thereof showing the coin lever in a downward or engaged position.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the comb and. cover sold in the machine.

As here embodied myimproved comb vend ing machin comprises a case 10 of box-like construction provided with an open side adapted to receive the removable cover 11, hinged as at 13 and may be locked as at 12.

The case 10 is provided with an intermediate wall 14, having an angularly displaced lower portion 15 intercommunicative with the opening 16, formed in the .lower front portion of the case 10.

The retaining plate 17 is slidably mounted in the rear portion of the case 10 and has attached thereto a tension spring 18 also attached to the intermediate wall 15'. I

The above described construction is such as will normally permit the retaining plate 17 to close the lower portion of a compartment 19 adapted to receive a plurality of combs 20 placed in covers 20 and boxes 20 which are placed in a vertical pile, one on top of each other and forced downwardly by a weight 20*.

The engaging lever 21 is slidably mounted in the wall 14, and is provided with extended elements 22 somewhat formed upwardly therefrom, and is provided with second ex-' tended elements 24 formed somewhat below the said extended elements 22. The coin lever 26 is pivotally attached to the engaging lover engaging'mem'bers.

21, asiat 27 ad is provided with a; Banged free extremity 28 formed so as to provide a recess or partial opening adapted to receive a coin. The tension spring 29 is attached tothe coin lever 26 and to the gauging member 30 so as to normally hold the-coin lever in an angularly inclined'upward position. The gauging members 30 and 31are'adjustably attached to the-brackets 32, 33 and- 34, 35, respectively, by means of the? screws 36, mounted in the said brackets and engaging in elongated apertures" 30 formed-in the said The bracket 35 is provided 'withanflextended portion 37 adjacentv to one side -ofthe coin lever 26 The plate member 38 issecured to'the bracket 39, attachedto thec'ove'r jl land is adjacent totheopposite side offthe com lever'26 to form aclosure on this side. Th extended portion 37 of the bracket'35 is formed with a; projection 40 for the purpose as hereinafter set forth; 1 The '-plunger 41*-is slidably mounted in thefront portion of the case 10, held against rotation by pin 23'engaging in groove 41 and-is normally-heldiin an outwardly extendedposition by means of the expansion spring 42,woundthereon.. The

plunger'41 is providedwith an enlarged head 43 or handle and is also provided with an' enlarged inner extremity 44' having formed therein a. concave cam xshaped: recess 45,

1 adapted to receive the; free extremity of I the coin lever 26, when the coin-lever descends to 1 a horizontal position due to the weight of a 'coin dropped'there'on; The'extremity 44 may be angularly screw-44. '11 p I It will be understood-that M heganginjg -members 30 and31 are positioned'directlybe- I low the opening. 46 formed in fthet oppfthe said case, and that the saidgauging members seti asdesi'red "by the set may be relatively positioned orspaced asj'ls required to permit a-Coimsuch a's isrequire'd to purchase acomb to slidabl :p'a s n intermediate the saidgaugi g m b r a- It is obvious from-the foregoing} descri Y tion that a "coin when inserted in the. opening 146- will strike the free 'ext-remityof the 'co'in lever 26 ,-forcing same downward'ly in a horizon talposition. stop 21 projectingf 'fro m loo additional combs.

between the lower comb 20 in the above,men-

tioned pile, and the upper adjacent comb as a means of permitting only one combto be released. As the coin lever 26 moves inward due to [the manual pressing inwardof the plunger ,41, the coin in 1 the extremity 28 is pushed offbyabutting projection .40 and falls .to thejbottonl of thebox. Theirecess 45 holds .the coin arm in horizontal position until plunger 41 is allowed to move outwards, and at the very first chance spring 29 liftsthe coin lever 26 to its tilted normal position. The

angulanpositionof cam shapedrecess 45 determines thepositionatwhich the spring may .lift the coin lever, and allows an adjustment sothat dishonest persons may not depress the plunger after it is partially out and get Lhave alsop-rovided a lever 49 pivoted in- .termediately, as at 50, to the side ofthecase 1,0, andahaving a curved portion 51, the ex- ,tremity '52, engaging or incontact with the said lower. combin the said pile. 'The'lever 49 isprovided with an enlarged free extremity ,5 3,having aflixed thereto the word empty ;or anysuitable similar wording. The latter described construction is such as will permit .thelever49-to pivot or swing downwardly, as

designated by the reference numeral 54, when .the supplyof the said combs has become ex- -.hauste d,,so as to permit the word emptyito be visible through the transparent member suitably secured to the front portion of the .case 10,-.as a means ofnotifying prospective purchasersthatthe said case 10is empty.

, Having thusdescribed my invention, what l claim as n-ewiand desire to-protect by Let .tQE Patent of the United States is as follows: 1. A-comb vending machine, comprising a comb discharge opening, and'arranged for holding combs, a coin lever arranged for movinginto horizontal position upon receiving -theicoin lever into raised position, and the acoin thru the said coin opening, a plunger for movmgthecom lever in a horizontal di- EreCtiOR, for dispensing one comb thru the dischargeopening, aprojection for pushing the coin offthe coin lever during the dispensing operationof the latter, a spring for urging end of the plunger being formed with a cam ,recess for-receiving the end of the coin lever .50, ,as to allow the said spring. to raise the 'coin leverupon baekwardfmotion of the plunger.

2. In a comb vending machine of the class described, a coin lever arranged for moving into horizontal position upon receiving a coin, a plunger for moving the coin lever in a horizontal direction for dispensing one comb, a projection for throwing the coin off of the'coinlever upon-motionof thelatter, a spring fer urging' thecoin lever "into raised position, and the end of the plunger being formed with cam recess for receiving the end of 'the coinlever so as to allow, the said .springtoraise the coin lever uponbackward motion of the plunger.

.3. In a coinb vending machine of the class described, a coin lever arranged for moving nto ho izontal p sition upon receiving a c in, plunge iforzmovi-ng thecoin zlev-er in a horizontal direction or dispe sing one comb, a projection forithrowing the coin off f the co n :lever uponmotijon. ofthe :latte a means for urging ,t-he coin lever int-o raised position,iand the end of;the.plunger1being formed with acam recess :for receiving the -end of {the coin lever sons to allow the said means to raise the coin levenuponybackward motion of the plunger.

In testimony whereof-,1: have'aflixed my signature.

SAMUEL GoLnHEI-R.

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